Table of Contents for the Classic of Poetry

Author: Chinese Society of the Book of Songs
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Publishing Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The Book of Songs is a collection of Chinese poetry. It was compiled in the mid-Spring and Autumn period and was once listed as one of the Confucian classics. For over two thousand years, it has profoundly influenced the cultural development of the Chinese nation and remains a gem of traditional culture to this day. It has also been translated into multiple languages and spread far and wide. The Book of Songs has left behind invaluable treasures in terms of artistic creation experience for later generations. The creative methods of the Book of Songs reflect a distinct realism, with its fundamental characteristic being a focus on reality, summarizing images from it, and reflecting social life as well as people's thoughts and emotions. The Book of Songs is a combination of poetry and music. All three hundred poems are songs, with the lyrics (poems) sung to musical accompaniment. Its artistic techniques are particularly highlighted by the pioneering use of the techniques of fu, bi, and xing.